Dumping-wagon



(No Model.)

J BLUM DUMPING WAGON.

Patented May 30, 1893.

ANO. 498,504.

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JOSEPH BLUM, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DUIVIPING-WAGON.

A SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,504, dated May 30, 1893.

Application filed February 23, 1893. `Serial No, 463,362. (No model.)

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BLUM, a citizen of the United States, residing `at Chicago, in the countyrofI Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping-Wagons, of which the followingis a specification. Y

My object is to provide a dumping wagon of improved construction whereby the opera-1 tion of dumping and freeing the wagon of its" load may be particularly easy and quick toj accomplish. Y

Although my improved wagon maybe em# ployed for carrying any material which may be loaded thereon, it is more especially in'v tended for use in transporting garbage, ashes land the like. YInthe drawings--Figure l, is a perspectiveI View of my improved dumping wagon with a partbroken away and without the wheels, the wagon box being shown upset; Fig. 2, 'a cross section of the Wagon-bed and box, showing the box in' its normally closed position, the section being taken on aline corresponding in relative position with line 2 of Fig. 1,? and Viewed in the direction of the arrow; Fig.l f 3, a perspective view of the rear end of the --wagoniwith the end-gate removed; Fig. 4, a

perspective View of the end-gate; and Figs. 5,

Giand'?, enlarged perspective and broken per spective views of details of the preferredg `means for'fastening the Wagon boxdown` when closed.

' AA are, respectively, the front and yrear Yaxles of va wagon, and B B the front and rear; The usual wheels, reach, tongue-l hounds and bolster stake-sockets' would be provided, to complete the running gear, but are left out so as not to interfere with-the i where it is caused to rest upon the part p illustration of my improvements.

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in the drawings, is divided into two compartments, D E. Side boards F extend the full length of the two compartments, and are provided with a preferably xed front-board or The dumping frame of the wagon, as shown V gate F and removable rear end-gate F2. The

side boards F incline inward, as shown, whereby the compartments D E are slightly larger at the base than at the top. The front board F may also incline, as indicated in Fig. l...

The rear compartmentll. extends from the end gate Fito a point somewhat forward of the rear end of the platform C, and the said compartment is providedwith a floor E which overlaps the platformC and is pivotally secured thereto by means of hinges s.

Between the compartments D E is a partition E2 held between upright cleats r, one of which may be fastened removably in place by bolts 0^', so that it may be taken out and the partition removed should it ever be desired to throw the compartments D E 'into one. When the dumping frame is in its normal position the platform() forms the oor. of the compartment D. i

On one side of the 'wagon box, and secured to the respective side board, are two downward extending spaced eye-pieces q adapted to receive a bolt or cross-piece q affording together a socket-frame, and on'the opposite side of the wagon box secured to the respective side board, is an angle-iron piece p having a laterally extending part p', which when the dumping frame is in its normal position extends in a horizontal plane. In the freel and to be heldv against removal by inserting the pin p3 into the eye p2, all as illustrated in Fig. 2. A shoulder 'n2 near the end n', and a stud n3 near the opposite end, hold the bar n against displacement by longitudinal movement. The dumping frame being down inv Its normal position, and secured as described,

both compartments may be iilled with the material to be transported.

When it is desired to dump the wagon of its contents the pin p3 is removed and the bar n withdrawn from its bearings at p and q. The frame consisting of the side boards F, ends F F2, floor E and partition E2 is then raised on the hinges s, the weight of the contents of the compartment E serving to materially assist the operation. When the frame is raised to the position shown in Fig. 1 the platform C maybe swept of its contents, and when this is done the end gate F2 may be removed to permit the contents of the compartment E to slide out.

It is usually required, for sanitary reasons, that the wagon boxes of garbage wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned every time that they are emptied. The garbage which is often moist tends to stick to the inner surfaces of the side boards of garbage wagons, but by vhaving the side boards Haring as described to clean off the platform C, iioor E and the sides of the compartments.

In hauling garbage, ashes, and the like, the partition E2 is particularly desirable, for the reason that it divides the contents of one compartment from the other, and permits the l dumping to be readily performed, without the necessity of tearing thecontents apart. When the wagon is employed for hauling brick or material in barrels the partition E2 may be removed by first removing one of the cleats lr, as before stated. The end gate F2I prefer to employ is shaped as shown in Fig. t having the laterally extending shoulders m. On the rear ends of the side boards F are rearward extending socket pieces Zin which the shoulders m rest when the gate is in place. The gate may be readily removed by simply lifting it at its shoulder m out of the socket pieces Z.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with the running-gear, of a platform C upon the said running-gear and terminating adjacent to the'rear end thereof, and a dumpingframe pivoted at the rear end of said platform, provided with a floor Eextendinf.,r backward from said platform, and side-boards extending approximately the full length of the platform and iioor, substantially as described.

l2. In a dumping wagon, the combination with the runnin g-gear, of a platform O resting on the 'said runnin g-gear and terminating adjacent to the rear end thereof, and a dumping frame pivoted at the rear end of said platform, provided with a floor E extending backward from said platform and inward inclined side-boards extending approximately the full length of the said platform and floor, substantially as described.

3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with the running-gear, of a platform C resting on the said running gear and terminating adjacent to the rear end thereof, and a dumpingframe pivoted at the rear end of said platform, comprising a floor E overlapping the rear end portion of the said platform and extending backward therefrom, side-boards extending approximately the full length of the said platform and floor, and a partition extending between the said side-boards at the forward edge of the said lioor, whereby the dumpingframe is divided into two compartments, the platform C affording the floor of one of said compartments when the frame is in its normally closed position, substantially as described.

4. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with the running gear, of a wagon box on said A running gear consisting of a platform C, and a dumping frame comprising a iioor E', inclined side-boards F secured to the Iioor E', front board F rear end-gate F2, and partition E2, at the forward end of said Iioor, the dumping frame being pivoted between the ends of the door E2 at the rear end of said platform, substantially as described.

5. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with the running-gear, of a Wagon-box on said running gear, consisting of a platform C, and a dumping frame comprising a iioor E', sideboards F, front board F', end-gate F2 and partition E2 at the forward end of said floor, the dumping frame being pivoted between the ends of the ioor E2 at the rear end of said platform, and means for securing the dumping frame in its closed position, comprising the downward projecting socket frame on one side-board, angle piece p on the opposite sideboard and bar n adapted to extend across the under side of said platform and engage at its opposite ends respectively the said socketframe, and angle piece, substantially as described.

6. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with the running-gear of a platform C thereon and dumping-frame having the floor E and side-boards F, of a rear end-gate F2 for the dumping-frame having laterally extending shoulders mand rearward extending socket-pieces l on the side-boards F, into which the said shoulders are adapted to slide to hold the said end-gate in place, substantially as described.

JOSEPH BLUM.

In presence of- M. J. FROST, W. N. WILLIAMS.

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